Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Monday said that a kleptocracy was established from crony capitalism in the past 15 years under the Awami League regime ousted by a student-people uprising on August 5.
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday directed prison authorities to produce senior Awami League leaders Amir Hossain Amu and Qamrul Islam before the court on December 4...
An anti-India platform named 鈥榩eople of Bangladesh鈥� on Monday gave a seven-point demand, including one to decide Awami League鈥檚 legitimacy to do politics through a referendum...
THE committee to investigate economic corruption under the deposed Awami League government in its report submitted to the interim government on December 1 termed the energy sector as a 鈥榗onduit of corruption鈥�. The findings of the committee confirm the observation of economists, energy experts, and anti-corruption watchdogs, who have all along urged the government to reform the energy sector and...
THE white paper on the state of the Bangladesh economy that a 12-member committee formed by the interim government has come up with presents a more appalling picture of the economy during the Awami League regime than was feared. The white paper, in short, has shed light on the dark side of the development narrative that the Awami League government, toppled by a student-mass uprising...
A Dhaka court on Monday sent former law minister Anisul Huq to jail in a case lodged over the killing of Fazlul Karim on August 5...
The immediate-past Awami League government manipulated the power and energy sector by all means possible to benefit its cronies, opening windows for them to pocket public money and...
BANGLADESH has long been celebrated for its rich tradition of communal coexistence, a tapestry woven from the diverse threads of its cultural and religious heritage. This vibrant legacy, however, is now under siege. In the aftermath of regime changes and political upheavals, we have witnessed a troubling rise in communal tensions that threaten to unravel the very fabric of society. As we delve into the heart...
AN INVESTIGATIVE report by a British news agency once again shows that politicians and businesspeople linked to the deposed Awami League have laundered huge wealth off Bangladesh. The report, conducted by the Observer in collaboration with Transparency International that British newspaper Guardian published on November 30, shows that prominent Bangladeshi politicians and businesspeople own top-flight...
A former Awami League lawmaker for reserved seat, Safia Khatun, was arrested Saturday evening at Balughat of Pallabi area in the capital in the case of killing Akram Khan Rabbi during the July-August mass uprising.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on Sunday said it was not correct that their party was a barrier to banning the Awami League.
The white paper on the country鈥檚 economy will be submitted today highlighting how political driven data created the 鈥榲illainous鈥� development narrative by the ousted Awami League regime.
Awami League鈥檚 former lawmaker for reserved seat for women actress Suborna Mustafa and her husband filmmaker Badrul Anam Saud were barred from flying aboard at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday morning...
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student organisation of the Awami League, on Saturday brought out a brief procession in the Patuakhali town...
Former minister Asaduzzaman Noor was assaulted by injured students of July-August movement when he was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from jail for treatment...
The police arrested five Mohila Awami League leaders on Thursday in connection with an attack on an anti-discrimination student protest during the student-mass uprising in Dhaka鈥檚 Pallabi area.
University students who actively participated in the 2024 student-mass uprising unanimously said they would not allow the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina or any member of Awami League to participate in the next elections...
The members of the Detectives Branch of Police arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-5 constituency (Puthia-Durgapur) Rahenul Haque in front of Rajshahi central jail on Monday night, minutes after he was released from the jail on bail...
A case has been filed against 30 leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for allegedly assaulting an Awami League activist in Baraigram upazila of Natore...
A group of Bangladesh Bank officials on Sunday again urged the interim government to remove two deputy governors, Nurun Nahar and Habibur Rahman, who were appointed during the tenure of Awami League-led government deposed on August 5 through a mass uprising...
INITIATIVES for special economic zones of the Awami League government, which was toppled through a mass uprising on August 5, have almost fallen flat. Modelled on the Chinese success of industrialisation, the initiatives taken in 2015 to set up 97 such zones still fall short of the target. The government of the day planned to set up 68 of them...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice-chairman advocate Zainul Abedin on Friday said that leaders and activists of the fascist Awami League, including Sheikh Hasina, must be tried first and after that the people of the country would decide whether AL would be banned or not.
A court in Jhalakathi on Thursday sent a former Awami League lawmaker for the Jhalakathi-1 constituency, Barrister Shahjahan Omar, to jail in a case over vandalising the Kathalia unit office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2023...
Dhaka is likely to raise the issue of extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India for shelter on August 5 facing a student-led mass uprising, in the Bangladesh-India...
Ayesha Begum, an elderly woman from Manikpur of Munshiganj, had been shot in the left leg on August 4, just a day before the Awami League regime was toppled amid a student-led mass uprising. Since then the 76-year old woman, who lives alone and begs for survival, has been struggling...
A Juba League activist has filed a case accusing 187 individuals, including several top Awami League leaders, of orchestrating and carrying out attacks during the anti-discrimination student movement and mass uprising in Chattogram...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday demanded quick polls after the country鈥檚 interim government cleaned 鈥榞arbage鈥� created during the past Awami League regime.
鈥楢nti-Fascist Students and Citizens鈥� on Wednesday organised a symbolic 鈥楥offin March of Fascism鈥� at Dhaka University, demanding a ban on the fascist forces, including the Awami League and Jatiya Party...
Police have arrested a local Awami League leader in a case filed over attacking students of anti-discrimination movement in Gangni of Meherpur...
Speakers, including political and youth leaders, academics, rights activists, and the victims of Awami misrule at a discussion demanded trial of ousted Awami League leaders, activists and...